John Abercrombie News

Already this year, we have seen two elder American jazz labels, Prestige and Blue Note, turn 60 and 70 years old, respectively.

In 1974, the USSR expelled dissident novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Oskar Schindler passed away, Philippe Petit walked a high wire between the Twin Towers, and jazz guitarist John Abercrombie recorded his first session as a leader for ECM Records.

There is something pleasantly unassuming about John Surmana s stage demeanor, which is a bit of contrast to the conspicuously large baritone saxophone he has mastered.

With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, AAJ Managing Editor John Kelman wonders why anyone would think that jazz is dead or dying.

With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, AAJ Managing Editor John Kelman wonders why anyone would think that jazz is dead or dying.

Saxophonist and composer John Surman has been one of the leading lights of British jazz for more than forty years.

After a string of more jazz-centric ECM releases-1992's relatively free Adventure Playground , the large ensemble of 1993's The Brass Project , and the only document of his ongoing quartet with pianist John Taylor , bassist Chris Laurence and drummer John Marshall , 1994's Stranger Than Fiction -saxophonist John Surman's subsequent output for the ...

Established as the "Jazz Corner of the World" in 1949, Birdland is the quintessential jazz club in New York City.

For those who dig jazz, whether it's cool, slow and blue or red hot and hoppin', there's the Edmonton International Jazz Festival , which runs through Sunday, July 5th.Acts at the festival so far have included John Abercrombie Organ Trio and Branford Marsalis Quartet.

Guitarist Nels Cline makes music in a mind-boggling variety of contexts: from relatively mainstream artsy roots-rock with Wilco, to experimental skronk-skree in variously sized groups with all manner of folks, to a sort of rock-informed jazz with his own group, the all-instrumental Nels Cline Singers.

CHARLES LLOYD QUARTET: Fish Out Of Water Charles Lloyd, tenor sax, flute; Bobo Stenson, piano; Palle Danielsson, bass; Jon Christensen, drums ECM 1398 .

JEZ Nelson presents UK saxophonist Julian ArgA1 4elles and American guitarist John Abercrombie in a gig recorded at the 2009 Cheltenham Jazz Festival.

Heads Up International As its title suggests, Between 2 Worlds finds guitarist Chuck Loeb's sublimated split personality at last openly revealed.

Peekskill, NY-- NAIL returns to Peekskill NY at the brand new Bean Runner Cafe, playing their unique blend of jazz, jam, rock, funk and ambient music Saturday May 16th at 7:00p.m. This show will feature Neil Alexander on Keyboard, with Thierry Arpino on drums and Peter Brendler on bass.

American jazz guitarist John Abercrombie's search for his roots took him to Scotland, the search for his own musical voice took him even further.

MARK Feldman, the free-improvising violinist has said of playing live with jazz guitarist John Abercrombie that "every night is a blast". Expect some classy sax-guitar fireworks, therefore, when the renowned American guitarist makes a rare visit to this neck of the woods, touring in a quartet with the widely acclaimed Scottish-based saxophonist ...

Charles Mingus was, of course, one of America's greatest composers, and Epitaph is an epic work for jazz orchestra that remained incomplete and apparently abandoned at the time of Mingus' death in 1979.